Thursday, 26 February 2015

We're challenged by Adele Bruno to use both Fassett and Phroz (its new sister pattern) in 1 tile. This could be done in String #082 or in another (self created if you wish) string. I chose the last and fitted these two wonderful patterns in. This was a lovely, zen-ful challenge :-)

Monday, 23 February 2015

This week, Laura challenges us to try using tools or materials that we never used before. As a matter of fact, I DO have a white Sakura gelly roll pen, and I DO have black paper, but I never really used them to create a tile. I was pleased to find a white pencil for some shadowing too, so I started tangling Featherfall and really loved it. Then I wasn't sure what to put next to it. You can see what result came out of my hands, I think it's OK ;-)

Take a look at the Diva's blog to see what tools and materials the other participants used for this challenge. It's allways inspiring!

Tuesday, 17 February 2015

This week Thursday is Chinese New Year, which means the start of the Year of the Goat. So, Laura asked us to incorporate the Chinese New Year in our tile.

I drew a goat-string and filled it with Yew-Dee, Lacy and Crux. Because of the Chinese theme, I wanted to add some red. Well, it became quite dominant ;-) but I hope it gives this Goat Year a bright and shiny feeling!

Monday, 16 February 2015

These days, many people in the south of Holland are celebrating Carnaval. I was born in another part of the country, so I never grew up with getting dressed in silly clothes for 4 days, partying all night long. So, I was pleased with Suzy Mosh' challenge and I enjoyed the quietness at home ;-)

The challenge was to use a new pattern starting with S. I chose Snaylz Trayl and added Punzel, Well and CO2 to it.

P.S. I like to see how other people enjoy Carnaval: yesterday I saw somebody dressed up like a bag of fries cycling on his bike. That was so funny!

Sunday, 8 February 2015

Participating in so many challenges means that I don't have much time left to play around with patterns that are new to me or that I love to do anytime. So, I've challenged myself to make a non-challenge ;-) tile every week.

This is my first one, using Borbz (new to me) and Hollibaugh (a favorite pattern). For this special occasion I asked my black-and-white cat Izzy to hold the tile for a picture. He's a sweet one :-) but I decided to get a clos-up as well.

Tuesday, 3 February 2015

I'm not talking about scary things :-), I mean zentangle-wise. My Diva tile yesterday was more like a drawn landscape and today's tile all of a sudden was filled with lots of red. I hardly ever use colours in my tiles. Must be the hearty theme that Joey challenged us with!

Suzy Mosh asks us to use at least one new pattern starting with the letter M. I grabbed String 124 and chose to use Munchin (new), Morse (I knew Hollibaugh, but not this variation) and Florz (well-known :-) ).